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@ARTICLE{Faley:1007332,
author = {Faley, Michael I. and Williams, Joshua and Lu, Penghan and
Dunin-Borkowski, Rafal E.},
title = {{T}i{N}-{N}b{N}-{T}i{N} and {P}ermalloy {N}anostructures
for {A}pplications in {T}ransmission {E}lectron
{M}icroscopy},
journal = {Electronics},
volume = {12},
number = {9},
issn = {2079-9292},
address = {Basel},
publisher = {MDPI},
reportid = {FZJ-2023-02018},
pages = {2144 -},
year = {2023},
abstract = {We fabricated superconducting and ferromagnetic
nanostructures, which are intended for applications in
transmission electron microscopy (TEM), in a commercial
sample holder that can be cooled using liquid helium.
Nanoscale superconducting quantum-interference devices
(nanoSQUIDs) with sub-100 nm nanobridge Josephson junctions
(nJJs) were prepared at a distance of ~300 nm from the edges
of a 2 mm × 2 mm × 0.05 mm substrate. Thin-film
TiN-NbN-TiN heterostructures were used to optimize the
superconducting parameters and enhance the oxidation and
corrosion resistance of nJJs and nanoSQUIDs. Non-hysteretic
I(V) characteristics of nJJs, as well as peak-to-peak
quantum oscillations in the V(B) characteristics of the
nanoSQUIDs with an amplitude of up to ~20 µV, were obtained
at a temperature ~5 K, which is suitable for operation in
TEM. Electron-beam lithography, high-selectivity reactive
ion etching with pure SF6 gas, and a naturally created
undercut in the Si substrate were used to prepare nanoSQUIDs
on a SiN membrane within ~500 nm from the edge of the
substrate. Permalloy nanodots with diameters down to ~100 nm
were prepared on SiN membranes using three nanofabrication
methods. High-resolution TEM revealed that permalloy films
on a SiN buffer have a polycrystalline structure with an
average grain dimension of approximately 5 nm and a lattice
constant of ~0.36 nm. The M(H) dependences of the permalloy
films were measured and revealed coercive fields of 2 and 10
G at 300 and 5 K, respectively. These technologies are
promising for the fabrication of superconducting electronics
based on nJJs and ferromagnetic nanostructures for operation
in TEM.},
cin = {ER-C-1},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)ER-C-1-20170209},
pnm = {5353 - Understanding the Structural and Functional Behavior
of Solid State Systems (POF4-535)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5353},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000987253800001},
doi = {10.3390/electronics12092144},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1007332},
}